EPIC CLN 251/252 FINAL EXAM (CLINICIAN HYPERSPACE) – COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS (NEWEST EDITION 2026/2027)
Practice Questions
Epic System Architecture & Chronicles Database
1. What is Chronicles in the Epic system?
A) The user interface for clinicians
B) Epic's database management system used by all its software applications
C) A reporting tool for clinical data
D) The messaging system for In Basket
Answer B: Epic's database management system used by all its software
applications
Rationale: Chronicles is Epic's proprietary database management system that
stores all patient and system data. ---
,2. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Master file =
?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer B: Drawer
Rationale: In the filing cabinet analogy, a master file is like a drawer that
contains multiple folders (records). ---
3. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Record = ?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer C: Folder
Rationale: A record is like a folder within a drawer, containing items
(questions) about a specific entity. ---
4. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Item = ?
A) Paper
,B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer D: Question
Rationale: An item is like a question on a paper, representing a specific piece
of data within a record. ---
5. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Contact = ?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer A: Paper
Rationale: A contact is like a paper, representing a specific instance or version
of a record's data. ---
6. Which of the following pieces of the Chronicles structure represents a
single entity in the system (e.g., a single patient, provider, or medication)?
A) Master file
B) Record
C) Item
, D) Contact
Answer B: Record
Rationale: A record represents a single entity, such as one patient, one
provider, or one medication. ---
7. Which of the following pieces of the Chronicles structure keeps track of
changes in the record's data over time?
A) Master file
B) Record
C) Item
D) Contact
Answer D: Contact
Rationale: Contacts track changes to record data over time, preserving
historical versions. ---
8. Fill in the blanks: Master files contain _______. If you compare two
records in the same master file, you find that the _________ are the same,
but the ___________ can be different.
A) Records, items, values
B) Records, items, values
C) Items, records, contacts
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS (NEWEST EDITION 2026/2027)
Practice Questions
Epic System Architecture & Chronicles Database
1. What is Chronicles in the Epic system?
A) The user interface for clinicians
B) Epic's database management system used by all its software applications
C) A reporting tool for clinical data
D) The messaging system for In Basket
Answer B: Epic's database management system used by all its software
applications
Rationale: Chronicles is Epic's proprietary database management system that
stores all patient and system data. ---
,2. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Master file =
?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer B: Drawer
Rationale: In the filing cabinet analogy, a master file is like a drawer that
contains multiple folders (records). ---
3. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Record = ?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer C: Folder
Rationale: A record is like a folder within a drawer, containing items
(questions) about a specific entity. ---
4. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Item = ?
A) Paper
,B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer D: Question
Rationale: An item is like a question on a paper, representing a specific piece
of data within a record. ---
5. Using the filing cabinet analogy, match the correct Epic term: Contact = ?
A) Paper
B) Drawer
C) Folder
D) Question
Answer A: Paper
Rationale: A contact is like a paper, representing a specific instance or version
of a record's data. ---
6. Which of the following pieces of the Chronicles structure represents a
single entity in the system (e.g., a single patient, provider, or medication)?
A) Master file
B) Record
C) Item
, D) Contact
Answer B: Record
Rationale: A record represents a single entity, such as one patient, one
provider, or one medication. ---
7. Which of the following pieces of the Chronicles structure keeps track of
changes in the record's data over time?
A) Master file
B) Record
C) Item
D) Contact
Answer D: Contact
Rationale: Contacts track changes to record data over time, preserving
historical versions. ---
8. Fill in the blanks: Master files contain _______. If you compare two
records in the same master file, you find that the _________ are the same,
but the ___________ can be different.
A) Records, items, values
B) Records, items, values
C) Items, records, contacts
